Ten-year-old Sara Sharif died of a “campaign of abuse” in the home she shared with her dad, stepmum and uncle, a court heard today.
Speaking at the Old Bailey on Monday, the prosecution against the three revealed a timeline of how the young girl was allegedly abused in the weeks and months before her death.The 10-year-old was found dead under a blanket at her home in Woking, Surrey, in August last year.Her father, taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of her murder alongside Sara's stepmother, Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 28.
Horror injuriesOpening their trial on Monday, prosecutor William Emlyn Jones KC said all the defendants had played a part in a "campaign of abuse" against Sara leading to her death.Prosecutor William Emlyn Jones told jurors that analysis from a burns surgeon had concluded that an injury to her right buttock had been caused by a "hot, flat surface", specifically "the sole-plate of a domestic iron".
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